Wednesday, March 17, 2004

No Difference: What's the big deal whether Kerry said "foreign leaders" or "more leaders"? In both versions, Kerry is talking about leaders in other countries, which would be foreign leaders -- more of them, in fact.

KERRY:"I've been hearing it, I'll tell ya. The news, the coverage in other countries, the news in other places. I've met more leaders who can't go out and say it all publicly, but boy they look at you and say, you gotta win this, you gotta beat this guy, we need a new policy, things like that. So there is enormous energy out there. Tell them, wherever they can find an American abroad, they can contribute," a reference to donations, prompting laughter from the crowd.

As a journalist, it's bad to transcribe a quote incorrectly. So I understand why the correction was released. But it doesn't change the content of the message.